Garment creaser



Sept. 19, .1933. j J NUGENT 1,927,716-

GARMENT CREASER Filed Oct. 19, 1932 Joseph d'fiugen t 8 l INVENTOR v F VQJO. BY

ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 19, 1933 1,927,716 GARMENT CREAS'ER PATE T-0PMJoseph J. Nugent, Thomwood, N. Y. I Application October 19, 1932..Serial No. 638,638

3 Claims. (01. 223-49);

This invention relates to garment creasers, and its general object is toprovide a creasing device primarily designed for trousers that includestelescopically mounted members made up 5 into sections, one for thefront portion of the legs, and the other for the rear portion thereof,and the front section is of a size to telescopically receive the rearsection, when the device is not in use, therefore the device can befolded to permit it to be packed in minimum space, yet when open anddisposed in trousers will crease the latter in a manner whereby thecrease will last for a long period of time.

garment creaser that can be easily and expeditiously applied and removedwith respect to a pair of trousers and only a part of the creaser can beused if desired, as a creasing means, as well as a hanger for thetrousers. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a sectional trouserscreaser, with a suspending hook on one section, arranged .so that thetrousers are held in a true vertical position'and the sections areassociated with respect to each other in a manner whereby the combinedweight of the trousers and creaser will cause the sections to separateand set up pressure against the trousers legs to bring about thecreasing action;

A still further object of .the invention is to provide a garmentcreaserjof the character set forth, that is simple in construction,inexpensive to manufacture, easy to use, and extremely efiicient inoperation and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andspecifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, 7 and in which:-

Figure 1 is a view. illustratingmy creaser in use. 7 t V Figure 2 is afront view of the creaser per se.

Figure 3 is a similar view of the creaser completely folded. v

Figure 4 is a View of the rear section folded.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 55 of Figure 1,looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken approxi- 'Another object of theinvention is to provide amately on line 66 of Figure 3, looking in thedirection of thearrows.

Figure '7 is a fragmentary view of the curved end of the rear section toillustrate the latching means for the telescopically mounted members. @9

Figure 8 is a sectional'viewtaken approximatelyonline 8-8 of Figure "I.y l

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken'approxi-j mately on line 9-9 ofFigure 7. 1 H

Figure 10 is a fragmentary view illustrating the arrangement of the ballreceiving socketsin the arms of the body member of the device.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the letter A'indicates a pair oftrousers-to illustrate the I, use of my creaser which includes what Iterm a w front section and a rear section.

Each of the sections aresubstantially U-shape in configuration, and thefrontsection inc'ludes a body member 1 that is substantially '-V-shape'in cross section as best shown in Figure 5 to pro- 5* vide channel; armshaving substantially sharp outer 'edges 2 that provide thecreasing meansfor the body members, while telescopically mounted in the arms ofthe-body members are auxiliary creasing members 3 which are V-shape 8Gin cross section and are shaped to fit within the, arms as clearly shownin Figure 5. The arms of the body members are. provided'with inwardlyextending flanges 4 that are arranged in opposed relation withrespect'to the outer wall 1 of the arms and the inner edges of the flangesengage theouter edges of the auxiliary creasing members to set up africtional action 'againstthe same so as to hold the auxiliary'membersassociated with the arms when the auxiliary members are extended asbestshown in Figure 1.

' The rear section likewise includes a body memher 5 that isprovi dedwith substantially V-shape in" cross section arms forming channels whichmay have arranged therein filler membersfi andtelescopically mounted inthe arms of the body member 5 are-auxiliary creasing members 'I" whichare likewise V-shape in cross section and the outer edges of theauxiliary creasing members my cooperate with the outer edges of the armsofthe body member 5 to crease the rear portions of the legs as bestshown in Figure 1.

Arranged in thebight portions of each of the .body members 1 and 5 is alatching means for 5',

shown in Figure 8. The bight portion of each of the body members hasarranged therein an opening through which extends a button 12 that ofdogs 8 as best shown in Figure 7, to actuateis engageable with theopposite ends of its pair same against the tension of a coil spring 13.By this construction, it will be apparent that when the auxiliarymembers are arranged in their innermost positions, the hooks 10 willautomatically be disposed in the notches 1.1 for securing the auxiliarymembers in their folded position as illustrated in Figure 8. However,when the buttons are pressed, the hooks are re,- leased from the notchesso that the auxiliary members can be arranged to their open position asshown in Figures 1 and 2.

The filler members 6 are providedwith longi tudinally arranged slotsdisposed in the outer faces thereof, and bridging the slots arepins 14.

which have pivotally secured thereto one of adjacent the bight portionthereof as best. shown.

in Figure 3, is a suspending, member 17 which is formed. irom. twistedwire and extends upwardly at a rearward inclination from the arms 'asbest shown in Figure 1.. The suspending member is provided with aconvolution intermediate itsends: and thence terminates into ahook 1 8that is adapted. to be arranged in a line substantially midway between.the respective sec.- tions so that when the sections are disposed. in apair oi trousers, the trousers will hang in a true. vertical plane, anddue to the combined weight of the creaser and the trousers, it will beobvious that pressure'will be applied to the rear section from thetrout: section through the medium of the cross rods 15 which'have theball-sthcreoi engageable with the front sections as bestshown in Figure5-, and thereby have a tendency to separate the sections to: set up thecreasing action.

. In the. useo-f my creaser the sections are disposcdwithin therespective legs of apair oi trousers as shown in- Figure 1, and the rodsare then disposed-so that'the ballsthereof are receivedinthe sockets. l6or theiront section. The auxiliary members are released by pressing uponthe, buttons l2;v and movedv to the extended'position. Thedevicetogether with. the trousers are then .hung. on. a. suitable; supporting.means through the medium of the suspending means to bring about thecreasing action.

The reverse action from that just. described takes place when the deviceis removed from" the trousers, and as the front section is of a size toaccommodate the rear section, the arms of the rear section aretelescopically mounted'in the arms of the front section when it isdesired to fold the device, and when so folded as shown in Figiue 3, itwill be apparent that thedevice can be packed. in minimum space, and-canbe conveniently carried in a hand bag or the like.

It is thought from the foregoing description 'that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent. I desire it tobe understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and, arrangement of the several parts,

provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.7

What I claim is:.

'1. A garment creaser comprising a pair of substantially U-shapedsections, each section including a body member having parallel arms,.

auxiliary members telescopically mounted in the arms and together withthe arms having. creasing edges, rods pivotally mounted to one, of saidsections and received by the. other section for associating the. creaserin a garment, suspending means for the creaser and one. of sa-idsections.

being of a size to telescopically receive the other.1 5

section for disposing the creaser folded position.

A garment creaser sections, each section including a body member havingparallel arms provided with channels,

auxiliary members telescopically mountedi-n the channels,..latchingmeans ior holding the auxof the creaser and garment will setup ap'ressure between the sectioncarrying the suspending means and the othersection through the medium of the rods to separate the sectionsto bringabout the creasing action.

JOSEPH J. NUGENT.-

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